Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (English: My Name Is Yu Ming) is a 2003 Irish short film. Yu Ming goes to Ireland, where most of the population do not know Irish. It was directed by Daniel O'Hara and is 13 minutes in length.

Plot
Yu Ming (Diyu Daniel Wu) hates his job at a supermarket in China. He chooses to move to Ireland because a globe he spun in a library landed on it. He learns "Gaelic" for 6 months first because an atlas says it is Ireland's official language.

He asks an Australian receptionist in a Dublin hostel "Ba mhaith liom leaba anseo" ("I would like a bed here"). Thinking it is Chinese, he asks Enke, an Asian co-worker, to translate it. He says, "I am Mongolian."

Yu Ming asks a bartender "Tá mé ag lorg obair" ("I am looking for work"). He also thinks he is speaking Chinese. Paddy (Frank Kelly), an old man, can speak Irish, so he buys him a drink and tells him he is able to speak Irish.

Yu Ming now works as a bartender in the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area of Connemara.

The line "An bhfuil tusa ag labhairt liomsa?" ("Are you talking to me?") is said multiple times throughout the film.

Cast
Diyu Daniel Wu as Yu Ming
Frank Kelly as Paddy
Paddy C. Courtney as a barman
Richard Morton as Lenny

 Awards 
The film got several awards in festivals, including Aspen Shortsfest, Celtic Film and Television Festival and Irish Film & Television Awards.

References

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Category:2003 movies
Category:Irish movies
Category:English-language movies
Category:Short movies
Category:2000s English-language movies